At this moment, on the road leading from Yangcheng to the ancient town, groups of soldiers and generals of the Xingtian Army were lined up in four columns, neatly draped one by one, and marched towards the front in great strides.

And Xiao Tianjian stood beside the road, watching these soldiers and generals pass by him, constantly raising his hands to salute and salute these teams that accompanied him on the expedition.

This time he sent troops to Henan, although August had been decided, but in order to stabilize the control area here after he left, he still took Gaoping and Zezhou in September, so that the entire control area was connected into a large piece, completely removing the threat of Zezhou's entrenched officials and troops to Yangcheng, making Yangcheng as the core area much more stable.

And with his first batch of soldiers and horses to go south, he chose the two or three battalions of Luo Li and Li Xuanzhu as the main force of his southward trip to Henan, in addition, he also brought the training battalion that had just been completed as his reserve, in addition, there were two sentry 500 capable baggage teams and 500 engineer battalions with gopher beams and iron heads also accompanied the expedition, and at the same time, as a member of the civil affairs officer's department, Fu Deming transferred more than 100 already quite experienced civil affairs personnel headed by Luo Yingjie This time they also went south with Xiao Tianjian.

And after careful consideration again, because of the supply of materials to Henan this time, they have to rely more on themselves, and it will be quite difficult to replenish, and although the artillery battalion has begun to be equipped with a large number of six-pounder guns, the firepower is too high, and the mobility is also a little unable to keep up, which will affect the mobility of the whole army, and once there is something on the Shanxi side, only one battalion of Yan Chongxi will be left, even if the township barracks in various places controlled by Shi Ran are added, the strength is also a little weaker. Xiao Tianjian finally left Liu Bao's four battalions and artillery battalions at home, and ordered Liu Bao's four battalions to be divided into two divisions, one to sit in Gaoping to monitor the officers and troops in the Lu'an Prefecture area to prevent them from attacking again from Gaoping, and the other to be stationed in Qinshui County, with the two local township barracks, to guard the Qinshui area, and monitor the officers and troops in Pingyang Mansion and Jiangzhou to prevent them from attacking from this area.

As for Yan Chongxi's battalion, the troops were divided into two roads and all the way to Yuanqu County, stuck in the mountain pass leading to Yuanqu County, and the other part was led by Yan Chongxi to sit in Yangcheng.

As for the artillery battalion, it will be used as a mobile force for the time being, staying in Shuangfeng Village, on the one hand, strengthening the training of artillery at the Shuangfeng Village Artillery School, and on the other hand, dealing with large-scale attacks by the officers and troops at any time, with the current firepower of Huang Shengqiang's artillery battalion, it will become a nightmare for the officers and soldiers in any direction, so under the current circumstances, Xiao Tianjian will leave the artillery battalion behind, which is also a fairly safe arrangement.

Taking advantage of the capture of Zezhou this time, after the generals of each battalion were gathered, Xiao Tianjian, after careful consideration, considered that after the Xingtian Army entered Henan in the future, it would continue to expand the army, and the scale of the Xingtian Army would become larger and larger, and the original battalion-level establishment could no longer adapt to the development, so the Xingtian Army military system was once again rectified to adapt to the future expansion.

And this group of generals who stayed behind and belonged to the war system, they were all handed over to Yan Chongxi, before Xiao Tianjian left, they were integrated together, the total strength and combat effectiveness are not weaker than the full strength of the Xingtian Army at the beginning of the year, and officially called it the Xingtian Army Temporary Garrison Division, Yan Chongxi temporarily served as the first garrison division commander and also led his battalion, responsible for the military affairs left in Shanxi, the province because everyone is the same level, once something happens, Yan Chongxi can not mobilize Huang Shengqiang or Liu Bao, who is the same level as him, The aim is to make responsibilities clear.

After the formation of the Xingtian Army, Xiao Tianjian has been adapted to the Xingtian Army several times in just three years to adapt to the construction and development of the army, at the beginning, because he did not understand the military system of this era, he tried to directly use the military system of later generations, to organize his subordinates, and the squad platoon was the basic unit, but because everyone was not familiar with such a title, they were a little repulsed, and felt a little awkward, and later when he was in Tianlong Village, he simply respected the opinions of his subordinates, and renamed his subordinates as sentry generals, team generals, and even chiefs. After the battalion was then formed, there was another battalion general.

Although this kind of establishment echoes the needs of the time, it is completely self-contained in the title of the officers, and it can even be said to be a bit nondescript, even he himself sometimes feels that the title is very awkward, Xiao Tianjian thought about it carefully, and decided to use some later officer titles to appoint the officers under his command, anyway, the current officer system of later generations has not been formally formed even in the West, and he is not under the official system, everything is his own decision, As long as it is conducive to the construction of the army in the future, he can call his officers whatever he wants, and no one can control him!

Based on the current establishment of the Xingtian Army, the battalion has become a basic independent combat unit of the Xingtian Army, and the strength of the first battalion is based on a combat group formed in the 55 system, mixed with five sentinels pikemen, musketeers, and sword players as the backbone of the troops; some time ago, in order to enhance the independent combat capability of each battalion, he added a scout team of about 50 people to each battalion, which was used as a battalion reconnaissance and light cavalry force, and a large baggage team of more than one sentry was added as a battalion baggage team. At the same time, each battalion was supplemented with an artillery unit belonging to a sentry battalion, so that the four infantry battalions, except for the newly formed training battalion, have formed a relatively complete capability of independent combat.

The way of organizing the army in this way is different from any army in this era, but it is a bit close to the establishment of infantry regiments in some Western countries at present, compared with the armies of later generations, it has basically reached the strength of a strengthened regiment, Xiao Tianjian considered it, anyway, everyone has become accustomed to the name of the battalion, and his army is based on the five-five system, so it was decided that the original title of the battalion will continue to be maintained, and the battalion will all be renamed battalion commanders, directly under the combat division, and the two-level establishment of brigades and regiments has been cancelled.

As for the various establishments below the battalion level, the original sentry was renamed the company again, and the sentry general was also renamed the company commander, and the team commander below the company was a team of 50 people, and the team general was called the same as the team commander, and the most basic sergeant and the captain continued to be retained.

And such a change is not unsatisfactory to the officers, in short, they should do what they should do, and nothing can be delayed.

What's more, after experiencing one victory after another, Xiao Tianjian's status in the Xingtian Army is no longer questionable to anyone, almost all the generals regard Xiao Tianjian as a god, full of blind worship, in their eyes, now Xiao Tianjian no matter what they ask them to do, it is right, only Xiao Tianjian can lead them out of poverty and make them proud, so what Xiao Tianjian wants to do, no one will raise objections in the Xingtian Army, so he implements the gradual reform of the military system, which is naturally all the way to the end. There is no resistance at all.

After such adjustments, Xiao Tianjian called the first division of the first division of the southern expedition with several battalions of soldiers and horses that followed him south, and directly led by himself, forming a corps with a strength of about 7,000 people.

For this time to go south to Henan, the generals in the army are also very excited, Xiao Tianjian when he set off for mobilization, described a grand blueprint for the generals under his command, promising that as long as they lay down a territory that belongs to them in Henan, each general who goes out with the army will get twenty acres of land, which is not counting the bounty that was rewarded for his military exploits.

In this era, for these soldiers and generals who were born with mud legs, it is impossible for Xiao Tianjian to inspire them with the so-called revolutionary ideas, nor can he arm them with any national consciousness, the most obvious thing is to give them benefits, and the vast majority of the soldiers and generals are peasants who have lost their land, and their thirst for land is unimaginable to later generations.

And after more than a year, those veterans who followed Xiao Tianjian into Shanxi from Shaanxi are now within the jurisdiction of Shanxi Xingtian Army, and most of them have married wives in the local area and become a family business, although they are a little reluctant to leave Shanxi, but for them, ten acres of land is far from the land they want, so as soon as they heard that they will go to Henan to fight the world, they will be given more fields, these people all screamed, and followed Xiao Tianjian on the journey.

Now what Xiao Tianjian said and did, few people would question his decision, the generals of the Xingtian Army only had one idea, that is, to follow Xiao Tianjian, they would never suffer, they were willing to be the sword in Xiao Tianjian's hand, Xiao Tianjian asked them to swing wherever they wanted, then they did not hesitate to swing to where they wanted, as for how many difficulties and obstacles ahead, it was not something they had to consider, as long as someone hindered their way forward, they would be like a hammer, completely crushing it.

This is not their blind arrogance, but in the past few years, the Xingtian Army has been almost undefeated in the past few years, which has made their self-confidence fully inflated, what official army, righteous army, in their eyes, are just a rabble, in the face of the iron discipline of the Xingtian Army, no army is their opponent, and it is precisely because of their almost blind worship of Xiao Tianjian that they have no doubts about this time to send troops to Henan, so the military order, the generals who were ordered to go to Henan, I immediately prepared as quickly as I could.

The Xingtian Army has no salary, just food and clothing, and if you want to get money, you have to rely on military exploits to obtain it, but as long as the generals dare to use their lives, Xiao Tianjian's rewards for them are still considerable, and Xiao Tianjian pays great attention to the compensation for the soldiers who died and wounded in battle, whether they are injured and disabled, or die on the battlefield, everyone will receive generous compassion, and there is no need to worry about what is behind them, plus the army has built a fairly complete battlefield ambulance, and the injured are not afraid that no one will save them, so the war started, The performance of the Xingtian Army is quite fierce, and basically no one will spare their lives, which is far from the will to fight of the Xingtian Army, whether it is the official army or other righteous troops.

The feathers and flags on the helmets of various colors converge into a colorful torrent on the road, winding and circling in the mountain road, the front can not see the head, the rear can not see the tail, seeing that the tiger and wolf army trained by him is about to follow him on the battlefield of the Central Plains, Xiao Tianjian couldn't help but be proud, and remembered the sentence "Borrow me three thousand tigers, and restore my mighty China!" In Xiao Tianjian's heart, now he is no longer the confused and panicked young man who first came to this world more than two years ago, since God gave him this opportunity, then he thinks that this is the destiny of heaven, and this era has chosen him, so he has the obligation to reinvigorate the Han nation, turn the tide and fall, and change the future of China that is about to sink for hundreds of years.

Along the wharf of the ancient town, dozens of ships of all kinds have already docked, large and small, and on each boat there are some sturdy sailor soldiers, looking at these Xingtian soldiers gathered on the shore with solemn expressions.

Yan Chongxi took Diao Zheng, Yang Kunshan and others to stand solemnly on the side of the dock, and saw Xiao Tianjian galloping to the dock, so they immediately raised their hands to salute Xiao Tianjian, and shouted: "Humble welcome to the general!" ”

Because Liu Bao, Huang Shengqiang, Fu Deming and others are all entangled in affairs, it is impossible for them all to come to the ancient town, this time Yan Chongxi came to the ancient town on behalf of all the left-behind soldiers to see off Xiao Tianjian, who was about to lead his troops to the expedition.

Xiao Tianjian turned over and jumped off the war horse, strode in front of them, and after returning the salute, he stepped forward and patted Yan Chongxi's shoulder, and said to Yan Chongxi and Diao Zheng: "You don't have to keep a straight face, this time I led my troops out, and you all have a lot of burdens, what should have been said has already been told to you, and it is your greatest credit to take care of my home for me!" How about Yang Kunshan? What about the vessels? ”

Yang Kunshan immediately straightened his chest and replied loudly: "General Qiyu, I have mobilized a total of seventy ships of all kinds, and one can be operated to the other side of the Yellow River at a time!" If nothing else, tonight and tomorrow, all the general's men and horses can be sent to the other side! ”

Xiao Tianjian nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very well done!" What about Feng Gouzi? It's time for this guy to come! ”

As he spoke, everyone saw that Feng Gouzi also rode a horse and rushed to the dock at high speed, jumped off the horse and ran towards Xiao Tianjian from a distance, and after raising his hand to salute Xiao Tianjian, he walked quickly to Xiao Tianjian and said to Xiao Tianjian: "General, I have been delayed for a while, and I am a little late, please forgive the general!" However, the humble post has received the news that Lu Xiangsheng led the Tianxiong army under his command seven days ago and has been ordered to cross the river from Kaifeng to the north and enter the Weijing Division along Zhangde Mansion!

In addition, they also found out that Henan Province on the other side of the river basically had no precautions against us, and they definitely did not expect that the general would choose to lead the army to cross the Yellow River south and enter Henan at this time, so there was no preparation at all in Mianchi County on the other side, and there were only less than 600 defenders in Mianchi County, and it was the right time for the general to cross the river at this time! ”

After Xiao Tianjian heard this, he laughed and said, "After I lead my troops over this time, I'm afraid that the dead fat man King Fu will be very angry!" Last time we hijacked their grain ships, this time I want him to hear the name of our Heavenly Army, and he will tremble! Where is Luo Li? ”

(Let's make a big chapter, do you want a red ticket?) ）